Ten Days Later

I find it hard to believe it's been ten days since my last post. Time fries when you're having puns.

This past week, the headmaster of our school has been in Great Britain leading a group of alumni on a visit of graveyards. I can't make this stuff up. Our school was founded by Anglican missionaries 130 years ago, and now this group is over there looking at various missionaries' graves. Hard to believe.

The link between CMS (Christian Mission Society, the missionary branch of the Anglican Church) is pretty much severed. No one wants to come to Japan. There's almost no point. Only 2% of the population is Christian, and that number never changes. Also, Japan is, in so many ways, Westernized; it's just not a very sexy posting. China would be a sexy posting.

But it must be said that that 2% who are Christian are really Christian. They go to church every Sunday, unlike me, who certainly considers myself a Christian. Perhaps being in such a minority pushes them into having a stronger, more visible faith.